two cents

English

Alternative forms

• 2¢

Noun

two cents pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.

   That's just my two cents; you can believe what you like.

2. (US, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.

   That car won't last a week; it's not worth two cents.

Usage notes

Two cents and two cents' worth have eclipsed the native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.

Synonyms

• (opinions or thoughts): two pennies' worth (UK)
• (opinions or thoughts): tuppence worth, tuppenceworth, tuppence-worth (UK)
• (opinions or thoughts): two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth (UK)

Derived terms

• two cents' worth

Translations

one's opinion

• French: mes deux cents (fr) (my two cents), grain de sel (fr) m (grain of salt)
• Polish: trzy grosze pl

• Spanish: granito de arena m pl

worthless amount

• Persian: دو زار‎‎ (dó zâr), دو زار و ده شاهی‎‎ (do zâr o dah šâhi)

• Russian: (Greek lepton) ле́пта (ru) f (lépta), (five kopeykas) пять копе́ек (pjatʹ kopéjek)